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1. A shepherd boy all in an evening fair

First Line:
A shepherd boy all in an evening fair
Last Line:
To slumbers soft his sorrowing breast invite
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Confident)
DMI number:
6478

2. A springing joy

First Line:
A springing joy
Last Line:
Like gleams of sunshine in a lowering sky
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
19204

3. Ah well a day how long must I endure

First Line:
Ah well a day how long must I endure
Last Line:
Stay simple girl a lover cannot harm
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
22697

4. As I to cool me bathed one sultry day

First Line:
As I to cool me bathed one sultry day
Last Line:
Yet often stopped and often turned her eye
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
25226

5. As when the sun with his meridian light

First Line:
As when the sun with his meridian light
Last Line:
Removed the lovely object to a dark shade
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Speculation)
DMI number:
29554

6. Attend my soul the early birds inspire

First Line:
Attend my soul the early birds inspire
Last Line:
Shakes off his sleep but shakes not off his sin
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
6983

7. Attend my soul the early birds inspire

First Line:
Attend my soul the early birds inspire
Last Line:
Shakes off his sloth but shakes not off his sin
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
23367

8. Before I speak the message of the Greeks

First Line:
Before I speak the message of the Greeks
Last Line:
No doubt expect your quick return
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
37138

9. Behold Britannia waves her flag on high

First Line:
Behold Britannia waves her flag on high
Last Line:
Salute thy sails and hail thee into view
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
22231

10. Blessed as the immortal Gods is he

First Line:
Blessed as the immortal Gods is he
Last Line:
I fainted sunk and died away
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
577

11. Breathe soft ye winds ye waters gently flow

First Line:
Breathe soft ye winds ye waters gently flow
Last Line:
My love in yonder vale asleep does lie
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
22507

12. Breathe soft ye winds ye waters gently flow

First Line:
Breathe soft ye winds ye waters gently flow
Last Line:
My love in yonder vale in sleep does lie
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
25219

13. Bloom of beauty early flower

First Line:
Bloom of beauty early flower
Last Line:
Shall renew him still to woo thee
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
22232

14. Beneath the covert of a grove

First Line:
Beneath the covert of a grove
Last Line:
Think on thy own mortality
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
6979

15. Can we forget how every creature moaned

First Line:
Can we forget how every creature moaned
Last Line:
And thorns and thistles overspread the fields
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
22505

16. Come fill me a glass fill it high

First Line:
Come fill me a glass fill it high
Last Line:
If once we grow sober we die
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
790

17. Dimply damsel sweetly smiling

First Line:
Dimply damsel sweetly smiling
Last Line:
Tender and averse from killing
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
2128

18. From frozen climes and endless tracts of snow

First Line:
From frozen climes and endless tracts of snow
Last Line:
And as he goes in transient vision mourns
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
11749

19. From frozen climes and endless tracts of snow

First Line:
From frozen climes and endless tracts of snow
Last Line:
And as he goes the transient vision mourns
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
31216

20. George came to the crown without striking a blow

First Line:
George came to the crown without striking a blow
Last Line:
Ah quoth the pretender would I could do so
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
12483

21. From Utrecht's silent walks by winds I send

First Line:
From Utrecht's silent walks by winds I send
Last Line:
And dying finds too late he lived in vain
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
11777

22. From White's and Will's

First Line:
From White's and Will's
Last Line:
Would never see her more
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
8430

23. Have ye seen the morning sky

First Line:
Have ye seen the morning sky
Last Line:
To my vows for ever mine
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
23609

24. Hark hark my soul let the early birds inspire

First Line:
Hark hark my soul let the early birds inspire
Last Line:
Shakes off his sleep but shakes not off his sin
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
42567

25. How ill the motion with the music suits

First Line:
How ill the motion with the music suits
Last Line:
So Orpheus fiddled and so danced the brutes
Author:
George Jeffreys (Absolute) & Ambrose Philips (Speculation)
DMI number:
8394

26. How still the sea behold how calm the sky

First Line:
How still the sea behold how calm the sky
Last Line:
And see the boys their flocks to shelter drive
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
6964

27. In rural strains we first our music try

First Line:
In rural strains we first our music try
Last Line:
And by his tale unenvied praises won
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
6963

28. Inhuman Sacharissa not to love

First Line:
Inhuman Sacharissa not to love
Last Line:
For Waller's muse has Sacharissa's scorn
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
3490

29. Is it not Colinet I lonesome see

First Line:
Is it not Colinet I lonesome see
Last Line:
And unyoked heifers loitering homeward low
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
30129

30. Long have the writers of this warlike age

First Line:
Long have the writers of this warlike age
Last Line:
And we resist the poet's will in vain
DMI number:
8451

31. Little charm of placid mien

First Line:
Little charm of placid mien
Last Line:
And the new fledged birds are singing
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
1820

32. Little siren of the stage

First Line:
Little siren of the stage
Last Line:
Leave the Britons rough and free
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
2345

33. If ever I quit the single life

First Line:
If ever I quit the single life
Last Line:
I give my love I give my life
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
33078

34. If we O Dorset quit the city throng

First Line:
If we O Dorset quit the city throng
Last Line:
To slumbers soft his heavy heart invite
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
6960

35. Kind sleep renewer of our daily life

First Line:
Kind sleep renewer of our daily life
Last Line:
We wake to one eternal day of bliss
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
20823

36. Mild as a lamb and harmless as a dove

First Line:
Mild as a lamb and harmless as a dove
Last Line:
Divine her name and I give up the day
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
22692

37. Man only from himself can suffer wrong

First Line:
Man only from himself can suffer wrong
Last Line:
And dying finds too late he lived in vain
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
30652

38. O Albion mourn and let not the least smile

First Line:
O Albion mourn and let not the least smile
Last Line:
The dark resolves of sullen destiny
DMI number:
42890

39. Now frowning winter knits his awful brow

First Line:
Now frowning winter knits his awful brow
Last Line:
And journeys sad beneath the dropping trees
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Speculation)
DMI number:
17961

40. Now lightly skimming over the strings they pass

First Line:
Now lightly skimming over the strings they pass
Last Line:
And gives the swelling tones a manly grace
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
15571

41. O Venus beauty of the skies

First Line:
O Venus beauty of the skies
Last Line:
And give me all my heart desires
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
688

42. Once Delia slept on easy moss reclined

First Line:
Once Delia slept on easy moss reclined
Last Line:
Condemn me shepherd if I did amiss
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
25254

43. Once Delia slept on easy moss reclined

First Line:
Once Delia slept on easy moss reclined
Last Line:
Condemn me shepherds if I did amiss
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
25228

44. Patron of verse O Halifax attend

First Line:
Patron of verse O Halifax attend
Last Line:
And listens to the concert of the year
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
20624

45. Power over every power supreme

First Line:
Power over every power supreme
Last Line:
And prevent the mother's weeping
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
1819

46. So when the sun with his meridian light

First Line:
So when the sun with his meridian light
Last Line:
We view his glory lessened in a shade
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
6981

47. So when the sun with his meridian light

First Line:
So when the sun with his meridian light
Last Line:
We view his glory softened by a shade
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
29635

48. Soft Venus love's too anxious Queen

First Line:
Soft Venus love's too anxious Queen
Last Line:
Coals that beneath the kettle glow
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
25658

49. Sure thou in some ill chosen hour was born

First Line:
Sure thou in some ill chosen hour was born
Last Line:
Yet there is room for peace and me to dwell
DMI number:
22715

50. The hermit's solace in his cell

First Line:
The hermit's solace in his cell
Last Line:
The mad man's sport the wise man's pain
Author:
Ambrose Philips (Absolute)
DMI number:
6980